Charisma Carpenter - Feature Forecast Actress

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Charisma Carpenter

"People might think I'm this awful person, but I'm not -- I'm a nice girl."

Date of Birth: July 23, 1970

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada

After spending two years fighting vampires on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Cordelia Chase, she reprised her role on the spin-off Angel for an additional four years.

No disrespect to Ms. Carpenter, but there's a special place in our hearts for chicks who sport a name that would make any stripper jealous. Never mind the fact that Charisma looks like she could be very successful in that profession as well...

Charisma Lee Carpenter was born on July 23, 1970, and raised in fast-paced Las Vegas, Nevada. Even during her childhood, Charisma was very interested in the performing arts. At the young age of 5, she was already studying classical ballet.

Although Charisma enjoyed living in Las Vegas, her parents decided to move to Mexico when she was 15 years old. It was at this point that Charisma decided to attend the School for Creative and Performing Arts and do the one-hour commute from Mexico to San Diego. After she finally graduated high school, Charisma, like many other young women, decided to tour Europe.

Upon returning to San Diego once again, she began working odd jobs to support herself, such as video store clerk, aerobics instructor and, in 1991, she even spent some time working as a cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers.

Soon after that, Charisma moved to Los Angeles and took up a job as a waitress on Sunset Boulevard. But she wasn't an aspiring actress at the time; Charisma was saving money so that she could return to school to become an English teacher.

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